This project is aimed at bringing to life the history of St. Louis and the region through the unique lens of public policy. The purpose of this project is to provide researchers, students, and the general public with a greater understanding of our region’s history, development and missed opportunities. I cannot be held responsible if this project depresses you–my hope would be that it instead inspires you to create/shape better, more inclusive and empathetic public policy. These documents...
Topic: st. louis county, digiproject
A short but informative history of the city of Creve Coeur & surrounding cities, published in 1968 by he Citizens' Historical Committee.
Topics: St. Louis, digiproject, History, St. Louis County
Written by Peter Downs, published in St. Louis Journalism Review. Vol 22, Number 149 September 1992
Topics: St. Louis, digiproject, Klotzer, Civic Progress
St. Louis Argus Newspaper, Issue dated 2/13/1925
Topic: black newspaper
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 10/7/1921
Topics: black newspaper, Congressional Investigation into KKK, Klu Klux Klan, YMCA, YWCA, Federal...
The following is a small booklet published as part of Mayor Raymond Tucker's primary campaign against Alfonso Cervantes in 1964-65. The book outlines Tucker's accomplishments in terms of physical, economic and social change brought to the city of St. Louis between 1952 and 1965. This item was drawn from the Ernest Calloway Papers located at the State Historical Society of Missouri-St. Louis, and is part of an on-going digitization effort.
Topics: St. Louis, digiproject, St. louis, Raymond Tucker, Alfonso Cervantes
St. Louis Argus Newspaper, Issue dated 6/19/1925
Topic: black newspaper
St. Louis Argus Newspaper, Issue dated 12/29/1922
Topic: black newspaper
The following was taken from the Oral Histories Collection at the State Historical Society of Missouri-St. Louis. The interview was conducted on April 24, 1974 by Frederick B. Wright.
Topics: St. Louis, digiproject, Margaret Bush Wilson
From the State Historical Society of Missouri --St. Louis office. St. Louis Local History Collection.
Topic: St. Louis, digiproject
Volume 1 No. 7
Topics: Klotzer, Focus Midwest
Volume 2 No. 1
Topics: Klotzer, Focus Midwest
From the National Building Arts Center
Topics: St. Louis, digiproject, East St. Louis
This document was scanned from the Forest Park Forever collection at the State Historical Society of Missouri, St. Louis.
Topics: St. Louis City, digiproject
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated 1/21/1921 Interesting editorial insert from "World At Work," editor Paul W. Brown discussing employment/labor dissatisfaction and race problems in the work force.
Topics: segregation, irish, world at work, william h. lewis, abyssinian verdict, walthal m. moore, first...
St. Louis Argus Newspaper, Issue dated 7/17/1925
Topic: black newspaper
St. Louis Argus Newspaper, Issue dated 12/25/1925
Topic: black newspaper
Focus Midwest Volume 8 Number 53, St. Louis
Topics: Klotzer, Focus Midwest
The following document is a "progress report" published by the City Plan Commission for the BoA, 1970, on the 'innovative' Operation Breakthrough program in St. Louis.
Topics: St. Louis, digiproject, Operation Breakthrough, Urban Renewal
Volume 13
Topics: Klotzer, Focus Midwest
From the State Historical Society, St. Louis Local History Collection
Topics: st. louis, digiproject
Prepared for the National Science Foundation, RAND Corporation
Topic: St. Louis, digiproject
Volume 1 No. 3
Topics: Klotzer, FOCUS Midwest
Volume 13
Topics: Klotzer, Focus Midwest
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 4/15/1921
Topics: black newspaper, segregation, lynching, klu klux klan, daughters of the confederacy, president...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 10/6/1916
Topics: Bishop Charles Henry Phillips, Republican Party, Charles G. Williams, Fred W. Dabney, illiteracy,...
Focus Midwest, Volume 8 Number 54
Topics: Klotzer, Focus Midwest
From the St. Louis City Data Collection at the State Historical Society of Missouri St. Louis.
Topics: St. Louis, digiproject, Transportation, Light Rail
St. Louis Argus newspaper, dated 8/24/1917
Topics: pythian, world war 1, military parade, supreme lodge, colored soldiers, Leroy Bundy, military ball,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 4/2/1920
Topics: black newspaper, lily white party, Dr. L. K. Williams, Mass meeting, ywca campaign, ymca campaign,...
Volume 2 Number 10
Topics: Klotzer, Focus Midwest
St. Louis Argus Newspaper, Issue dated 4/21/1922
Topic: black newspaper
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 10/17/1919
Topics: black newspapers, socialist, Curtis Diamonds, Anti-Lynching Delegation, Poro College, YMCA, YWCA
Focus Midwest, Volume 12 Number 78
Topics: Klotzer, Focus Midwest
Volume 5 Number 2
Topics: Klotzer, Focus Midwest
From the City Data Collection Addenda at the State Historical Society of Missouri- St. Louis
Topics: St. Louis, digiproject, urban renewal, st. louis
From the State Historical Society of Missouri St. Louis, Forest Park Forever Papers.
Topics: St. Louis City, Forest Park, digiproject
The following handbills came from the theater programs file at the State Historical Society of Missouri St. Louis. A small sample of many, many more 19th and early 20th century handbills.
Topics: St. Louis, digiproject, Theater
Volume 5 number 1
Topics: Klotzer, Focus Midwest
Volume 5 Number 4
Topics: Klotzer, Focus Midwest
St. Louis Argus Newspaper, Issue dated 1/16/1925
Topic: black newspaper
Bi-State Development Agency, Phase I review of potential St. Louis People Mover Transit System for Downtown St. Louis. December 9th 1980. Some pages (chapter covers) may appear upside down. Download as a PDF and enjoy.
Topics: Transit, Stldigiproject
St. Louis Argus Newspaper, Issue dated 8/21/1925
Topic: black newspaper
From the State Historical Society of Missouri, St. Louis. RCGA Collection
Topics: St. Louis City, digiproject
Focus Midwest Volume 15 Number 93
Topics: Klotzer, Focus Midwest
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 4/23/1920
Topics: black newspaper, Lincoln League, Robert R. Church, Hospital No. 2 Association, Aaron E. Malone,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 7/4/1919
Topic: black newspapers
Interview conducted in 1983
Topics: St. Louis, digiproject, Kay Drey
The following is a small booklet published by Landmarks on the history, and future plans for redeveloping Laclede's Landing. This book was digitized as part of an on-going project undertaken by the State Historical Society of Missouri-St. Louis. You can find this book and many similar items relating to the city of St. Louis and its surrounding reaches at our office in the Thomas Jefferson Library at the University of Missouri St. Louis.
Topic: St. Louis, digiproject
The following is a collection of articles written by Ernest Calloway for the St. Louis American between 1980-1981 on black politics in St. Louis.
Topics: St. Louis, digiproject, St. Louis, Black Politics
Prepared by the St. Louis Urban Investment Task Force, research funded by a grant from the Home Builders Association of Greater St. Louis.
Topics: stldigiproject, Abatements, St. Louis Planning, Chapter 353, Developer Incentives
St. Louis Argus Newspaper, issue dated 11/03/1922
Topic: black newspaper
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 4/8/1921 Some pages are difficult to read, I have done my best to highlight/shade/brighten areas.
Topics: mayor kiel, reelection, peonage, georgia slavery, equal rights bill, George E. Stevens, Walthall...
The following is a compilation of articles, charts and figures used by Ernest Calloway during his time as instructor at St. Louis University. The items relate to segregation and its consequences years after the official repeal of such institution, in and around the St. Louis area. This item was drawn from the Ernest Calloway Papers at the State Historical Society of Missouri-St. Louis
Topics: St. Louis, digiproject, Urban Studies, Ernest Calloway
Volume 2 Number 2
Topics: Klotzer, Focus Midwest
Published by the St. Louis Housing Authority, a partner program conducted by the St. Louis Community Development Agency and the Cochran Gardens Tenant Management Corporation.
Topics: stldigiproject, St. Louis, Public Housing, Cochran Gardens
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 12/20/1921
Topics: black newspapers, Eugene Field School Mass Convention, Frank Slater, Republican Party, Pan African...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 9/30/1921
Topics: black newspaper, Klu Klux Klan, Dr. T.J. Moppins, Veiled Prophet Parade, Negro Policemen, L.C....
St. Louis Argus Newspaper, Issue dated 4/28/1922
Topic: black newspapers
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated 1/14/1921
Topics: Segregation, congressional hearing, W. Sampson Brooks, George B. Jones, kirkwood, webster groves,...
St. Louis Argus Newspaper, Issue dated 11/27/1925
Topic: black newspaper
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 9/22/1916
Topics: metropolitan conservatory of music, vivian baber, charles daniels, ywca, ymca, poro college, annie...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 2/6/1920
Topics: black newspaper, Citizens Liberty League, J.N. McKelvey, Jim Crow, Lincoln League, Republican...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 8/5/1921
Topics: black newspapers, Shriner Parade, Attorney General, Supreme Court, President Harding, Anti-Lynching...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 7/26/1918
Topics: black newspaper, Pythian Grand Lodge, Great War, World War One, ymca, ywca, black soldier, colored...
From the Orville Spreen Railroad Collection at the State Historical Society of Missouri-St. Louis.
Topics: St. Louis, digiproject, Railroad
Volume 9 Number 2
Topics: Klotzer, Focus Midwest
Volume 14 Number 1
Topics: Klotzer, Focus Midwest
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated 5/16/1919
Topic: black newspapers
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated 8/31/1917
Topics: colored soldiers, world war 1, military draft, Leroy Bundy, segregation, pythian hall, Roscoe...
The following is a brief proposal from March 1969 for the consolidation of the two small St. Louis County municipalities of St.John and Overland in 1969.
Topics: St. Louis, digiproject, St. John, Overland, Consolidation
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 5/7/1920
Topics: black newspapers, Robert R. Church, General Conference of Methodists, YMCA, YWCA, Urban League,...
Volume 2 Number 11
Topics: Klotzer, Focus Midwest
Volume 2 No. 2
Topics: Klotzer, Focus Midwest
Volume 2 Number 2
Topics: Klotzer, FOCUS Midwest
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